Functionalised and Sealed Part
AssigneeKautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMarkus Hützen, Fabian Siggia
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Abstract
A component comprising a sheet-like reinforcing component having a first stiffness and a sheet-like attachment made of an attachment material having a second stiffness, wherein the first stiffness is higher than the second stiffness, wherein the planar reinforcing component has an upper and lower side and the attachment is connected at least to the upper or lower side of the planar reinforcing component in a first partial area of the planar reinforcing component.
Claims19
A component suitable for a front end module support, a seat structure, a door system, a fuel tank housing, a vehicle underbody structure, an underride guard, a structural component for battery systems or a battery housing, the component comprising a sheet-like reinforcing component having a first stiffness and at least one sheet-like attachment made of an attachment material having a second stiffness, the first stiffness being higher than the second stiffness,
- wherein the planar reinforcing component has an upper and lower side and the attachment is connected at least to the upper or lower side of the planar reinforcing component in a first partial area of the planar reinforcing component.
An apparatus comprising a component that is suitable for a front end module support, a seat structure, a door system, a fuel tank housing, a vehicle underbody structure, an underride guard, a structural component for battery systems, or a battery housing, the apparatus comprising a sheet-like reinforcing component having a first stiffness and at least one sheet-like attachment made of an attachment material having a second stiffness, the first stiffness being higher than the second stiffness, wherein the planar reinforcing component has an upper and lower side, wherein the attachment is connected at least to the upper or lower side of the planar reinforcing component in a first partial area of the planar reinforcing component, wherein the apparatus further comprises at least one functional component connected to the at least one sheet-like attachment.
A method of manufacturing a component that is suitable for a front end module support, a seat structure, a door system, a fuel tank housing, a vehicle underbody structure, an underride guard, a structural component for battery systems or a battery housing, the component comprising a sheet-like reinforcing component having a first stiffness and at least one sheet-like attachment made of an attachment material having a second stiffness, the first stiffness being higher than the second stiffness, wherein the planar reinforcing component has an upper and lower side and the attachment is connected at least to the upper or lower side of the planar reinforcing component in a first partial area of the planar reinforcing component, the method comprising:
- a. providing the reinforcing component in at least a two-part form;
- b. placing of the attachment material in the mold;
- c. forming the component by injection molding or impact extrusion in the mold;
- d. removal of the obtained component from the opened mold.
A method of manufacturing a functional component according to comprising:
- a. providing a component, the component being one that is suitable for a front end module support, a seat structure, a door system, a fuel tank housing, a vehicle underbody structure, an underride guard, a structural component for battery systems or a battery housing and that comprises a sheet-like reinforcing component having a first stiffness and at least one sheet-like attachment made of an attachment material having a second stiffness, the first stiffness being higher than the second stiffness, wherein the planar reinforcing component has an upper and lower side and the attachment is connected at least to the upper or lower side of the planar reinforcing component in a first partial area of the planar reinforcing component;
- b. heat the attachment until it is in the plastic range;
- c. adding a functional component to the attachment.
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